Chicago, Illinois Personal Injury, Professional Malpractice & Employment Law Firm

Law Offices of Eugene K. Hollander

230 W Monroe Suite 1900 Chicago, Illinois 60606 USA

 (312) 425-9100
 (312) 899-8003

www.ekhlaw.com
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The Law Offices of Eugene K. Hollander provide full-service legal representation to clients in Cook County and the surrounding counties of the greater Chicago area. Our firm serves individuals and businesses in a wide spectrum of legal practice areas, including: Personal Injury; Work Injury; Wrongful Death; Medical Malpractice; Professional Malpractice; Employment Discrimination; Employment Law.

Eugene K. "Gene" Hollander has practiced law in the Chicago, Illinois area since 1986. He began his career as a criminal prosecutor in the Cook County State's Attorney's office, earning extensive courtroom experience at the trial and appellate levels. He obtained further trial experience as a senior litigation associate at another law firm before opening his own practice, the Law Offices of Eugene K. Hollander, in 1996. Mr. Hollander has tried more than 100 cases in state and federal courts, in employment law, personal injury, professional malpractice claims, and commercial litigation.

Gene Hollander and associates Paul W. Ryan and Gina Shawver continue to provide aggressive representation in these practice areas. Every case is prepared for the possibility of trial. They employ innovative, cutting-edge technologies to support their clients' claims, such as: expert testimony in combination with demonstrative evidence such as accident re-creation animations, medical illustrations, timelines, and video depositions. The purpose of these strategies is to maximize the results for clients.

We invite prospective clients to a free consultation and case evaluation. You will always meet with an attorney, not a paralegal. Our downtown Chicago office is conveniently located kitty-corner from the state courthouse and two blocks from federal court. If your injuries prevent travel, we can come to you.

Practice Areas

Additional Practice Areas: Recreational Vehicle and Recreation Accidents; Executive Compensation and Severance Negotiation; Contract Disputes; Property Disputes; Swimming Pool/Diving Injuries; Drowning; Amusement Park Injuries; Playground Accidents; Drunk Driver Accidents; Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA); Federal Retaliation; Retaliatory Discharge; Wage and Hour Claims.

Practice Areas Description

The Law Offices of Eugene K. Hollander offers legal services in the following areas:

- Personal Injury and Wrongful Death

* Car Accidents

After a serious car wreck, most victims face weeks if not months and years of recovery. Our lawyers work closely with our clients to ensure they receive any employment or medical benefits as soon as possible. We then work with medical experts, economists, and life-care planners to determine the scope and costs of your injuries. Our calculations take into account future medical treatment, medical equipment, rehabilitative services, damaged property, and lost wages. Our firm will settle for nothing less than the total compensation you need and deserve.

* Truck Accidents

If your loved one was injured or killed in a big rig crash, our prompt investigation can preserve critical evidence. When indicated, we immediately retain professional investigators, accident reconstructionists, traffic safety experts, and truck crash liability specialists to photograph the crash site, debrief witnesses, analyze the skid marks and debris, and pinpoint the cause. From freeway crashes on I-90 or I-94 to intersection collisions throughout the greater Chicago area, we handle every type of truck accident.

* Workplace Injury

You cannot sue your employer or a co-worker for on-the-job injuries. However, another contractor or subcontractor working on a construction site may be held liable if they made a mistake which injured you. The manufacturer of defective machinery or equipment can be held to pay for your losses if their negligence caused your workplace injury. You can still sue a careless driver who rear-ended your truck while you were working. The Law Offices of Eugene K. Hollander of Chicago, Illinois represents injured workers in third party claims in personal injury litigation.

* Recreational Vehicle and Recreation Accidents

We are often the most vulnerable when we are having fun. Even when we take precautions to keep ourselves and our families safe, the negligence of another individual can bring tragedy in a moment. At the Law Offices of Eugene K. Hollander, we are highly capable of representing clients who have been injured in motorcycle, snowmobile, ATV, and boating accidents, as well as swimming pool, amusement park, and playground accidents. We work hard to demonstrate the negligence of another driver, another operator of a recreational vehicle, a product manufacturer, or the property owner who failed to correct or warn of safety hazards.

* Slip and Fall

To prevail in a premises liability claim, the plaintiff must show that the owner was aware of a hazard and ignored it or should have known and failed to address it. The victim is also presumed to have some "watch your step" responsibility — a crack on a sidewalk or a visible accumulation of ice on a sidewalk may not constitute a "dangerous condition." Nonetheless, seemingly minor hazards can lead to serious falling accidents — broken hips, wrists, elbows, or ankles; lacerations and disfigurement; even head injuries. The Law Offices of Eugene K. Hollander has helped clients recover in a variety of slip and fall cases.

* Dog Bites

Dog bites, often involving dogs such as Pit Bulls or Rottweilers often inflict serious wounds to their victims. A victim of a dog bite may be suffer a prolonged hospital stay, lengthy physical therapy and scarring. The victim may be entitled to damages for pain and suffering, medical expenses, future medical expenses, lost wages, and disability and disfigurement. Animal injuries may arise in a variety of situations. Some examples include: Failure to restrain an animal; Failure to keep the dog on a leash; An owner's failure to provide proper fencing at his property; An owner's negligence in leaving a gate or door open.

* Product Liability

Manufacturers are responsible for testing their products and notifying the end user of possible dangers from normal and reasonable use. Successful product liability lawsuits need only demonstrate, by a preponderance of the evidence, that an inherent defect (design defect) or manufacturing defect (flaw in the individual unit or batch) was dangerous to the average person, or that the manufacturer failed to warn of likely dangers through proper labeling or clear instructions. If it can be proved that the manufacturer was fully aware of defects and put the product to market anyway, punitive damages may apply.

* Wrongful Death

When manufacturers, employers, doctors, property owners, or drivers ignore safety precautions, regulations, or flagrantly violate the law, they're legally accountable for resulting fatalities. Our lawyers interview eyewitnesses and gather evidence to expose the reckless behavior that led to the wrongful death of our client's loved one. The Law Offices of Eugene K. Hollander investigates fatal accidents using a wide array of experts in accident reconstruction, medical negligence, toxicology, design engineering, metals, and physics.

* Sexual Abuse

Victims of sexual abuse and sexual assault often suffer lifelong injuries. Many victims of sexual abuse suffer from a variety of illnesses, including post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety. Oftentimes, victims of sexual assault manifest their symptoms in other ways as well, including, but not limited to, inability to hold down steady employment, drug abuse, interpersonal conflicts, commission of criminal offenses, and difficulty in maintaining a long-term relationship.

* Aviation Accidents

Personal injury attorney Eugene K. Hollander can assist victims of aviation accidents maximize their compensation. Mr. Hollander can retain the proper experts and investigators to determine the cause of an airplane crash or other types of airline related injuries. While the FAA conducts investigations of an airline accident, it may be necessary for The Law Offices of Eugene K. Hollander to obtain a court order to preserve evidence and retain independent experts to determine the cause of an airline accident.

* Boat Accidents

Boating accident can happen on any of the Great Lakes, or an injury may occur while even a smaller body of water or while aboard a ship in the ocean. Personal injury attorney Eugene K. Hollander can assist victims of boating accidents maximize their compensation. He can retain the proper experts and investigators to determine the cause of a boat crash. Boating accidents can happen for a variety of reasons. The most frequent cause of boat accidents are: Captain's negligence; Engine failure; Negligent maintenance; Fuel tank explosion; Defective hull; Instrument failure; Defective parts; Improper storage of equipment; and Negligent storage of baggage.

* Nursing Home Negligence

Nursing home negligence can take a variety of forms, including, but not limited to, failure to provide proper nutrition, failure to properly turn a patient resulting in decubitis ulcers, failure to properly transport or restrain the patient, resulting in an injury, such as a fractured arm or leg. Sometimes, the facility does not properly hire, supervise, or train its nurses and aides, resulting in a claim of sexual abuse or assault. The Law Offices of Eugene K. Hollander can provide counsel to the family of a victim of nursing home negligence, and can represent the patient against the nursing facility if there is a claim.

* Birth Injuries

The birth of a child is a momentous event. Unfortunately, malpractice in the delivery room can turn what should be a wonderful occasion into a lifelong tragedy, as a birth injury can lead to permanent problems such as cerebral palsy and other defects, orthopedic problems, as well as a lifetime of emotional distress and financial burdens for the entire family. A birth injury attorney from The Law Offices of Eugene K. Hollander can give you the experience you need in handling birth injury cases, and know what it takes to bring these cases to a successful conclusion.

* Brain Injuries

A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an impact to the brain caused by an external physical force with or without skull fracture that may produce a diminished or altered level of consciousness. On an annual basis in the United States, approximately 1.5 million people will sustain a traumatic brain injury. According to the Centers for Disease Control, in the United States, 50,000 people will die annually as a result of TBI. Men are more likely than women to sustain a TBI. Annually, TBI causes long-term disabilities in 80,000 people. Concussion, coma, or even death can result from a TBI. Falls and car accidents are the leading causes of traumatic brain injury.

* Construction Site Accidents

Oftentimes, construction accident result in very serious injuries such as bone fractures, burn injuries, brain injuries, herniated or bulging discs, paralysis, amputations or loss of a body part, and even death. An injured worker may recover for his medical expenses, future medical expenses, pain and suffering, pain and suffering, and lost wages. Construction accidents can happen in a number of ways. Some examples of construction accidents which The Law Offices of Eugene K. Hollander can assist you with are: Electrical injuries; Defective equipment; Failure to supervise workmen; Forklift accidents; Trench or roof collapses; Scaffolding collapses; Truck accidents.

- Medical Malpractice

We handle all manner of medical malpractice cases: Surgery errors or infections from surgery; Misdiagnosis and delayed treatment; Medication errors; Birth injury from improper delivery technique; Birth trauma from fetal distress or delayed C-section; Failure to monitor a patient's condition; Premature discharge from the hospital (Sent home too early); Injuries in transport or falls from bed. Our firm retains qualified physicians in specific fields of medicine who can review the medical records and testify how the standard of care was breached. Our firm also employs video representations and other innovative means to drive home the case for negligence.

- Professional Malpractice

When licensed professionals make serious mistakes, they face more than administrative and peer sanctions for their negligence or misdeeds. They can also be held liable for monetary damages by the victims of their incompetence or fraud. With wide experience in professional malpractice litigation, the Law Offices of Eugene K. Hollander can ably fight for justice on your behalf. Our firm represents people throughout the greater Chicagoland area who have suffered economic harm, physical injury, or emotional distress because of the actions or negligence of professionals.

- Employment Discrimination and Employment Law

Gene Hollander is renowned for his representation in cases of discrimination based on age, gender, race, disability, or pregnancy, as well as sexual harassment, retaliation, or wrongful termination. He also handles wage and hour claims, restrictive covenant disputes, and all employment law matters. The Law Offices of Eugene K. Hollander has obtained substantial awards in the areas of workplace discrimination and employees' rights cases. Based in Chicago, Illinois, we represent workers in Cook, Lake, DuPage, Kane, Will, and McHenry counties.

- Executive Compensation and Severance Negotiation

At The Law Offices of Eugene K. Hollander, we assist many executive employees who are considering offers made by their employers or who have been terminated and who are contemplating legal action. In many cases these individuals are employees who are highly compensated and have not only base compensation to consider, but also must evaluate incentive compensation, including, but not limited to bonuses.

- Commercial Litigation

The Law Offices of Eugene K. Hollander has handled a wide range of issues, representing plaintiffs or defendants in simple and complex business litigation: Business Transaction Litigation, Contract Disputes, Commercial Disputes, and Property Disputes.

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